American Muslim Well-Being in the Era of Rising Islamophobia: Mediation Analysis of Muslim American Social Capital and Health

dc.contributor.advisorKondrat, David
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Keith Matthew
dc.contributor.otherKhaja, Khadija
dc.contributor.otherFukui, Sadaaki
dc.contributor.otherLatham-Mintus, Kenzie
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-12T10:29:25Z
dc.date.available2023-05-12T10:29:25Z
dc.date.issued2023-04
dc.degree.date2023en_US
dc.degree.disciplineSchool of Social Work
dc.degree.grantorIndiana Universityen_US
dc.degree.levelPh.D.en_US
dc.descriptionIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to examine American Muslim well-being and social capital in the face of Islamophobia. Ecological frameworks and social capital theory were synthesized to provide an approach for research, analysis, and social work practice. A mediation analysis was conducted to test the mediating effect of cognitive social capital on the relationship between structural social capital and distress. The paths of structural social capital, cognitive social capital, and distress were conceptualized using the ecological framework of Berkman and colleagues. Special attention was paid to how experiences of Islamophobic discrimination affect cognitive social capital and distress. Structural social capital was operationalized as the number of active memberships in civic organizations; Cognitive social capital was operationalized as trust in major institutions such as schools and the local police and Distress was operationalized using the Kessler Distress Scale. It was hypothesized that an increase in structural social capital would show a decrease in distress with cognitive social capital mediating the path. Results showed that cognitive social capital mediates the relationship between structural social capital and distress. However, an inconsistent mediation was found where an increase in cognitive social capital shows a decrease in distress, but higher levels of structural social capital show an increase in distress. Lastly, the results of the analysis were interpreted to inform current interventions with the American Muslim community through a social work lens.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/32942
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.7912/C2/3128
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectAmerican Muslimen_US
dc.subjectHealthen_US
dc.subjectMediation analysisen_US
dc.subjectMuslim Americanen_US
dc.subjectSocial capitalen_US
dc.subjectWell-Beingen_US
dc.titleAmerican Muslim Well-Being in the Era of Rising Islamophobia: Mediation Analysis of Muslim American Social Capital and Healthen_US
dc.typeThesis
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